Severe brain injury is a common cause of coma. In some cases, despite vigilance
improvement, disorders of consciousness (DoC) persist. Several states of impaired
consciousness have been defined, according to whether the patient exhibits only reflexive
behaviors as in the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) or
purposeful behaviors distinct from reflexes as in the minimally conscious state (MCS).
Recently, this clinical distinction has been enriched by electrophysiological and …

Severe brain injury is a common cause of coma. In some cases, despite vigilance
improvement, disorders of consciousness (DoC) persist. Several states of impaired
consciousness have been defined, according to whether the patient exhibits only reflexive
behaviors as in the vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) or
purposeful behaviors distinct from reflexes as in the minimally conscious state (MCS).
Recently, this clinical distinction has been enriched by electrophysiological and …